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Münchhausen (surname)
Münchhausen is the surname associated with a German noble family of The surname may refer to: * Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, German nobleman and storyteller *Baron Munchausen, fictional character inspired by Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen *Börries von Münchhausen, German poet *Otto von Münchhausen, German botanist *Johannes V von Münchhausen (1542–1560), Prince-Bishop of Ösel–Wiek *Philipp Adolph von Münchhausen, Head of the German Chancery The German Chancery (German: ''Deutsche Kanzlei''), also known as the Hanoverian Chancery, was the official name given to the office of the Hanoverian ministry in London during the years of personal union between Great Britain (later the United K ... in London See also * Münchhausen (other), for other uses * Freiherr von Münchhausen (other) {{surname, Munchhausen German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr Von Münchhausen
Baron Munchausen (; ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book ''Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Electorate of Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. Upon retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. After hearing some of Münchhausen's stories, Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form, first in German as ephemeral magazine pieces and then in English as the 1785 book, which was first published in Oxford by a bookseller named Smith. The book was soon translated into other European languages, including a German version expanded by the poet Gottfried August Bürger. The real-life Mü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Munchausen
Baron Munchausen (; ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book '' Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Electorate of Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. Upon retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. After hearing some of Münchhausen's stories, Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form, first in German as ephemeral magazine pieces and then in English as the 1785 book, which was first published in Oxford by a bookseller named Smith. The book was soon translated into other European languages, including a German version expanded by the poet Gottfried August Bürger. The real-life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Börries Von Münchhausen
Börries Albrecht Conon August Heinrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (20 March 1874 – 16 March 1945) was a German poet and Nazi activist. Biography He was born in Hildesheim, the eldest child of Kammerherr Börries von Münchhausen and his wife, Clementine von der Gablentz. At 13, he was sent to Ilfeld to the monastery school. He studied law and political science at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Göttingen, and Berlin. He received his degree from the University of Leipzig. While he was still a student, he composed a number of ballads and published his first collection of poetry in 1898, which expressed adherence to German Romantic poets' fascination with the Middle Ages and the world of German legend. All his works appeared around the turn of the century. After World War I, his popularity quickly waned. His position became more and more reactionary with the founding of the '' Deutsche Dichterakademie'', with its seat on the Wartburg, which belonged to von Münchh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Von Münchhausen
Otto II. Freiherr von Münchhausen (11 June 1716 – 13 July 1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Carl Linnaeus, Linnean system, as well as other plants. The standard Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names, botanical author abbreviation Münchh. is applied to species he described. ReferencesADB:Münchhausen, Otto Freiherr von de.wikisource.org (in German)GRIN Taxonomy for Plants USDA 1716 births 1774 deaths University of Göttingen faculty 18th-century German botanists Barons of Germany Botanists with author abbreviations {{Germany-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishopric Of Ösel–Wiek
The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek ( et, Saare-Lääne piiskopkond; german: Bistum Ösel–Wiek; Low German: ''Bisdom Ösel–Wiek''; contemporary la, Ecclesia Osiliensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese and semi-independent prince-bishopric (part of Terra Mariana, i.e. Livonia) in the Holy Roman Empire, covering what are now Saare, Hiiu, Lääne counties and the western part of Pärnu county of Estonia. History The bishopric was created on 1 October 1228 as a Latin rite, and initially possibly exempt, diocese by papal legate William of Modena and simultaneously as a state of Holy Roman Empire—making it a prince-bishopric—by Henry, King of the Romans (1220-1242; not Emperor). Due to the repeated shift of the seat of the bishops, it was also successively known as bishopric of Leal (Lihula) from 1234, Perona (Vana-Pärnu) from 1251, Hapsal (Haapsalu) Castle from 1279, and the seat shifted (alone) to the castle of Arensburg (Kuressaare) on the island of Ösel (Saaremaa); t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Chancery
The German Chancery (German: ''Deutsche Kanzlei''), also known as the Hanoverian Chancery, was the official name given to the office of the Hanoverian ministry in London during the years of personal union between Great Britain (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and the Electorate of Hanover (later the Kingdom of Hanover) from 1714 until 1837. The office ceased upon the accession of Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom and King Ernest Augustus in Hanover in 1837. Functions and duties The primary duty of the Hanoverian minister in London was to transmit memoranda between the Privy Council of Hanover and the Elector of Hanover, who was the king of Great Britain. During the reigns of George I, George II, and most of the active reign of George III, the ministers held few other duties, working in two small rooms within St James's Palace. Politically, the ministers held little power in Hanover or in Great Britain throughout the eighteenth century. Unlike the many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münchhausen (other)
Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to: * Baron Munchausen (1720–1797), a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film *, a German noble family *Münchhausen (surname), a German surname * Münchhausen am Christenberg, a German town *Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France *14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid * ''Münchhausen'' (1943 film), a German fantasy-comedy film * ''Munchausen'' (2013 film), an American silent short horror film See also * Freiherr von Münchhausen (other) *Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen **Munchausen syndrome by proxy **Munchausen by Internet * Münchhausen trilemma in epistemology * * *''Meet the Baron ''Meet the Baron'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy and the Three Stooges, His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freiherr Von Münchhausen (other)
Freiherr von Münchhausen may refer to: * Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797), German noble storyteller * Otto von Münchhausen (Otto Freiherr von Münchhausen) (1716–1774), German botanist * Börries von Münchhausen (1874–1945), German poet and Nazi activist See also * Münchhausen (other) * Baron Munchausen Baron Munchausen (; ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book '' Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''. The character is loosely based on a real ..., a fictional German nobleman {{disambiguation, tndis German barons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
